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Human Right to Environment and Its Effective Protection in Catalonia, Spain and Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2019
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Human Right to Environment is one the most relevant Third Generation Human Rights which includes new universal needs arisen from the last third of 20th century. These new human rights add as an additional layer to the First Generation Human Rights (civil and political rights from the end of 18th century) and to the Second Generation Human Rights (economic, social and cultural rights from 19th century).
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